New York to Require Mental Health Warning Labels on Social Media Platforms
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced a new law requiring social media platforms with features like infinite scrolling, auto-play, and algorithmic feeds to display warning labels about their potential harm to young users' mental health. The law aims to protect children from social media features that encourage excessive use, following similar actions by other states and countries like Australia's social media ban for children under 16.
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· 4 pulledSocial media platforms with infinite scrolling, auto-play and algorithmic feeds will be required to display warning labels about their potential harm to young users' mental health under a new law
"Keeping New Yorkers safe has been my top priority since taking office, and that includes protecting our kids from the potential harms of social media features that encourage excessive use," Hochul said in a statement
This month Australia imposed a social media ban for children under 16
New York joins states like California in taking action against social media platforms
Social media platforms with infinite scrolling, auto-play and algorithmic feeds will be required to display warning labels about their potential harm to young users’ mental health under a new law, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Friday.
